diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/fetchurl/mirrors.nix b/pkgs/build-support/fetchurl/mirrors.nix
index 71f1eae86f9..b30c29678ce 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/fetchurl/mirrors.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/fetchurl/mirrors.nix
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ rec {
     http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/
     http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/
     http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/
+    http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/
   ];
 
   # Fedora (please only add full mirrors that carry old Fedora distributions as well).